I'm in Padua (just half an hour from Venice, but a world away), and I really like this town. Padua's museums and churches hold their own in Italy's artistic big league, its hotels are reasonably ...

Padua (Padova in Italian) is a historic city located in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Venice and 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Verona. With a ...

On a trip with a small tour group visiting Venice, Florence and Rome last fall, we took the train from Milan to Venice, with an overnight stop in Padua. Padua turned out to be a wonderful choice for ...

At Padua’s Piazza delle Erbe, the market is closed, the merchants are gone, and shadows have replaced harsh sunlight. As if waiting to reclaim their square, students spill out of colorful bars – ...

A travel writer who visited Italy with her mother earlier this year said she visited two cities that gave a more authentic experience of Italy than the likes of Rome or Venice ...